Lost 12 of 2012: Zelienople The World Is A House On Fire
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Off Festival 2012 - The DiS Review
In the shadow of the imposing Katowice coal mine Off has grown into one of the best mid-sized festivals in Europe, with 2012's edition being perhaps its strongest yet.»
Favourite 50: Lift To Experience Texas Jerusalem Crossroads (chosen by Jordan Dowling)
As part of our 10-week “DiS is 10!” celebration, we’ve asked 50 of our favourite people to tell us about one of their favourite albums of the past 10 years (please note: this is not a best or "top" list but personal selections). Here, DiS contributor and messageboard regular Jordan Dowling shares his choice...»
Slowcore Week: Other highlights of slowcore - a brief round-up
To cap off this week of in-depth articles about slowcore, DiS writers and readers have summed up their favourite 'other' slowcore bands.»
Slowcore Week: ReDiScover - Galaxie 500
Galaxie 500 are widely considered to be one of the definitive bands of the late-1980s/early-1990s American underground. In the first of our slowcore articles, we consider them as an influence on many of the bands to emerge slightly later.»
Death Cab For Cutie, Frightened Rabbit at Nottingham Rock City, Sat 15 Nov
Frightened Rabbit are at their strongest here, throwing rough drunken vocal melodies in front of trebly guitars and pounding drums. Some of the intimacy is lost, perhaps also inevitable due to the size of the venue, inside a crowd of non-plussed, though appreciative, Death Cab For Cutie fans.»
Label Focus #21: Noble Records
On November 14th, Tokyo, Japan's Noble Records heads to our shores for two dates at Cafe Oto in London. To celebrate we catch up with owner/head-honcho Junji to discuss his rather wonderful little record/"synthetic art" label.
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Trigger The Bloodshed, Meshuggah at Nottingham Rock City, Sat 13 Sep
Meshuggah have built a reputation on consistency as well as complexity, and deserve to be regarded as one of modern metal's most vital bands. Unrelenting in the very best possible way»
Half a week with The Hidden Cameras
A tour diary; charting their movements, emotions and thoughts throughout their brief jaunt around England. At least that was the plan»
Asva - What You Don't Know Is Frontier
Whilst doom overlords Sunn O))) utilise a slow-slow build to conjure an unsettling atmosphere, Asva merely fade into nothing, losing any ambience with each rotation»
My Morning Jacket at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Fri 11 Jul
Kentucky quintet My Morning Jacket really are in a class of their own, and even after line-up changes they remain a truly essential live act»
Alexander Tucker - Portal
Alexander Tucker may have created one of the most affecting albums of the year. Portal is cinematic, its maker the director»
The Twilight Sad - Here It Never Snowed..
Whilst missing the halcyonic high points of their debut LP, The Twilight Sad have created a piece of work that is just as consistent, and just as brave»
Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
Frightened Rabbit's second LP shaves away the instrumental excesses of their debut to deliver 14 tracks of the finest indie-pop you're likely to hear in 2008. The mainstream, it seems, calls»
Jesse Malin - On Your Sleeve
Brooklyn strummer Jesse Malin's On Your Sleeve is an album as close to the dictionary definition of the word mediocre as there is likely to be in the whole of 2008»
Mínus at Nottingham Rock City, Thu 27 Mar
Hopefully another four-year wait will not precede the next Mínus UK tour, but in the face of the nonchalance and apathy on show in Nottingham it would be hard to blame them if it did»
Tall Firs - Too Old To Die Young
Tall Firs' second LP Too Old To Die Young could be listened to in 20 years and it wouldn’t sound a day older, but it is unlikely to warrant interest past the first weeks of purchase»
Dawn Landes - Fireproof
At its most intimate and the furthest point from forced gimmickry, Dawn Landes’ take on the country template with Fireproof is refreshing in its simplicity»
Menomena, Land Of Talk at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Thu 28 Feb
Menomena are not a band that need to be seen live to be appreciated – the majority of their recorded output falls somewhere between interesting and downright necessary – but they are one that thrives in the environment»
Prurient, Sunroof! at Nottingham Chameleon Gallery, Mon 28 Jan
The word ‘ecstatic’ is all the more suited to Wisconsin native Prurient. Here, if the continually assumed belief of an actual passage from music to noise is a short travel from A to B, Dominick Fernow races past Z into countless undiscovered alphabets»
Anathallo, Manchester Orchestra at Nottingham Bodega Social Club, Sun 17 Feb
It is ironic that Manchester Orchestra’s profile has grown from playing bands with swollen fanbases offstage. Now, with the spotlight firmly shining, the same has happened to them as Anathallo take the plaudits»
Stars at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Sat 02 Feb
Stars are a pop band. No need for hyphens and expansions: 'pop' as a descriptive is as accurate and succinct as is needed. Not that anyone will tell you this. They are 'indie', 'epic', 'alternative', et cetera before they are 'pop'»
Blunderbuss - Blunderbuss
That Blunderbuss have (reportedly) been plying their trade since the late ‘80s, supporting acts from Jesus Lizard to Don Caballero, but are still yet to form an independent sound, or even an above-par adaptation (read: copy) is quite remarkable»
Montag - Going Places
At heart, Montag's M83- and Final Fantasy-featuring Going Places is an ambitious album. But, lacking direction, for too much of its 40-minute entirety there is a continuous treading of the same shallow waters»
Akron/Family, Phosphorescent at Nottingham Bodega Social Club, Tue 04 Dec
Akron/Family, particularly in the live environment, are focused on and express only one emotion: absolute joy. And this is the response they receive from an adoring crowd»
Coyote - Outsides
There is something misleading about Coyote and their mysterious Outsides album - the Philly outfit aren't as bleak as they let on, but this record is a truly dark delight»
Aerial - The Sentinel
Your opinion of post-rockers Aerial's The Sentinel will depend entirely on whether you prefer to be constantly surprised by a record or enjoy a familiarity throughout»
Various - Hordes Of Canada
Releasing a compilation claiming to host the cream of Canada's avant-garde is a pretty ambitious task. Cheap Date Records have chosen to delve beyond the obvious, though»
The Twilight Sad: talking with fireworks
One of 2007's breakthrough acts, The Twilight Sad's 2007 has seen them support their brilliant Fourteen Auntumns & Fifteen Winters debut album however possible. DiS sits down to let 'em catch a breath or two»
Damo Suzuki does DiS: in Nottingham, with friends
Damo Suzuki, former voice of mythical act Can, will play a DiS show in Nottingham next month.»